Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-08-18
He Was Calm.

A well-known resident of Sioux Falls
was out driving in the country one day
last week. While coming back, and
when about four miles from the city, a
heavy wind came up. To the we'll
known resident it looked cyclonish.
and he drove up to the first house. He
went in and found three or four ladies.
who were alone in the house and some-
what frightened.
There is no danger, ladies, no
danger, l assure you. Simply a
straight wind-no cyclone. Keep cool.
BY the way-er-is there cellar un-
der the housep"
Eyes. sill"
"Um-that is good. No danger.
though. as say. Pray keep calm and
IL will be over directly. Where
where did you say the cellar door
WASP"
"Over there in the corner"
"Ah. yes, thanks, this one. Yes. I'll
open it-might as well be open as shut
YOU know. There will be no need Of
going down, however. Simply little
thunder shower accompan ed by wind
Were not much frightened"
''Of course not-that's .ght-neither
am |. Just then the house began to
shake, and the limb of tree scratched
against the window. Don't be at all
alarmed. ladies, you keep right STILL
Good cellar, suppose" he added peer
ing down.
yes"
Here board blew off the fence and
slapped against the side of the house.
I'm going down a moment ladies;
don't be frightened; the house is safe"
and he shot down the stairs, slipped
off broken step toward the bottom
and landed into box of eggs. "Stay
right where you are, lad es," he shout
ed from the cellar; it is about all over
now"
Just then the wind blew open the
outside cellar door, and an empty bar
rel rolled down.
"Great-oh, nothing at allr' howled
the man, as he leaped over to the other
side of he cellar, "try and be calm,
ladies. This wind will purify the at
mosphere. You aren't scared much, /
hopeP"
''Oh, no, not much"
That's right; keep up your courage
ladies are usually so easily frighten-
ed. Say" as he tried to dig the sand.
which was blowing in, out of his eyes.
and stepped into crock of butter.
''say, would one of you mind going
around and shutting that outside
1oor?"
1--WE will when it stops blowing a
little"
Then an empty box tipped over and
rolled down the stairway, the wind
roared louder than ever, and there was
sharp clap of thunder.
'Be calm, ladies, try and be calm
for your own sakes! Oh, great heavens!
it's going! it's goingr' he groaned as
he crouched in one corner in q box of
glass fruit cans and thought he saw one
corner of the house raise little. "Oh,
good Lord, I'm lost-it's going sure!
Keep cool, ladies'; there is no danger!
For heavens sake see that corner flop
up! BE calm, ladies. simply little
furry of wind. Oh. I'd give 81, 600 to
be out of thisp' and he dug his feet in
TO the box and broke two cans of straw
berries. TRY and bear up ladies'! 1t
will soon DE over! Oh, if l ever get out
alive I'll leave this blasted country!
Good grac Gus. ladies, when are you
going to shut that door! Be calm! Be
calm! but shut that door!'
"Mollie has gone out to shut it nov
the wind is all over" replied one of
the ladies.
''Yes it's all over l know" replied
the man, cautiously coming to the foot
of the stairs. al told you it soon would
be. You see, there was no reason for
becoming so alarmed. But you ladies
always will-you always WILL" he add
ed, as he came on up and peered out of
the corner of a window. don't doubt
that you would have been still more
SC ,red if had not happened along and
made you understand there was really
no danger"
Then he went out and started for
town. But just before he got there the
man who lived at the house. having arriv-
ed home meantime, overlook him riding
big white horse. and made him pay 81
for the butter he spoiled and 81 so for
the fruit and Is cents for the eggs, and
took S. bill and said he didn't have
any change and rode off with it.-Da-
sofa Bell.